Ælfric (

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

Middle English Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English ...

''Elfric'') is an

Anglo-Saxon given name Germanic languages, Germanic given names are traditionally wikt:dithematic, dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, Ethelred II of England, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', f ...

Churchmen

Ælfric of Eynsham Ælfric of Eynsham ( ang, Ælfrīc; la, Alfricus, Elphricus; ) was an English abbot and a student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and a consummate, prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies, biblical commentaries, and other genres ...

(c. 955–c. 1010), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer *

Ælfric of Abingdon Ælfric of Abingdon and also known as Ælfric of Wessex. (died 16 November 1005) was a late 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury. He previously held the offices of abbot of St Albans Abbey and Bishop of Ramsbury, as well as likely being the ab ...

(died 1005), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury * Ælfric Bata (or "the bat") ( fl. 1005) * Ælfric Puttoc (died 1051), 11th century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York * Ælfric of Crediton, late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Crediton * Ælfric (Bishop of Hereford), mid 10th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Hereford * Ælfric of Ramsbury (fl. 940s), Bishop of Ramsbury * Ælfric (archbishop-elect of Canterbury) (fl. 1050), Benedictine monk elected to but denied the see of Canterbury * Ælfric I (died c. 973), Bishop of Elmham * Ælfric II (died 1038), Bishop of Elmham * Ælfric III (died c. 1042), Bishop of Elmham

Laymen

Ælfric Cild Ælfric Cild ()Williams, "Ælfhere (''d''. 983)" was a wealthy Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon nobleman from the east Midlands, Ealdorman of Mercia between 983 and 985, and possibly brother-in-law to his predecessor Ælfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia, ...

, late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman of

Mercia la, Merciorum regnum , conventional_long_name=Kingdom of Mercia , common_name=Mercia , status=Kingdom , status_text=Independent kingdom (527–879) Client state of Wessex () , life_span=527–918 , era= Heptarchy , event_start= , date_start= , ...

Ælfric of Hampshire Ælfric was Ealdorman of Hampshire from to 1016. Ælfric succeeded ealdorman Æthelmær to the county of Hampshire and possibly Wiltshire in about 982. Ælfric was among the leading advisers of King Æthelred and was described by the '' Anglo- ...

, late 10th century/early 11th century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman of Hampshire * Ælfric Modercope, 11th century Anglo-Danish thegn

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